At 08:39 PM 7/19/01, Andy wrote:
>On 19 Jul 2001, at 16:12, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> > It may sound like a "cheap shot," but what it comes down to is that if
> > the government makes the rules, ultimately the only way they have to
> > enforce them on an unwilling populace is by force. That's when you
> > get Nazi Germany or Communist China.
> >
> > Or do you think that everyone who reaches a certain age (60? 70?)
> > ought to voluntarily turn over all their assets to the government and
> > use no more health care so it may go to those more deserving?
>
>aka _The Forever War_ ?
>
>Health ratings on the 70th birthbays? bah...
Actually, the book I was thinking of when I wrote that was Asimov's _Pebble
in the Sky_.
Then there's _Logan's Run_ . . .
--Ronn! :)
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